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Parable of the Sower - Hardcover
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Parable of the Sower
$21.99
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Is this book for you?
- Feels
- Bleak, Tense, Hopeful
- Kind of story
- Dystopian, Post-apocalyptic, Literary science fiction
- About
- Faith, Survival, Found family, Coming of age
- Pace
- Steady
- How dark
- 4 of 5. Very dark, some graphic scenes
- Romance
- A subplot
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In a collapsing 2020s California, a teenager who feels other people's pain writes the scripture for a new faith.
Lauren Olamina lives in a walled neighborhood outside Los Angeles as the world around it falls apart from climate disaster, economic ruin, and violence. When the walls fall, she heads north on foot with a handful of survivors and a new belief system of her own making: God is Change.
Written in 1993, Butler's novel has become famous for how much of our present it anticipated. This hardcover includes an introduction by Gloria Steinem.
Details
- Author: Octavia E. Butler
- Format: Hardcover
- ISBN: 9781609807191
Praise
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Gripping... poignant... succeeds on multiple levels.
The New York Times Book Review
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Literate... thoughtful. And a real gut-wrencher.
Washington Post Book World
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A powerful story of hope and faith in the midst of urban violence and decay... Excellent science fiction and a parable of modern society.
Denver Post
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A prophetic odyssey.
Essence
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